2.6*10^3 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 Hello, I recieved this email in my inbox this morning. I have been an ebay member for about two years, and do not undertand whay thay would send me this. I have heard of a fake paypal scam, in which users were sent a very simmilar form to fill out with their pirvate info. Note: I am not registered as a seller, only a buyer, and have not had any trouble with my account. Is this for real??? (message) Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by (eBay) on Tuesday, September 17, 19102 at 11:30:01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- msg: Dear eBay User You received this email for one of the following reasons: 1. When you created your eBay account, you accidentally hit the back button, and the information was lost and not stored. 2. You lost your internet connection for a moment and none of the information was submitted. We are sending you this email to inform you of the errors we saw and to have you submit your information again. Please be sure to fill out all the required fields as we have changed our site a little bit for verification purposes. YOU WILL NOT BE BILLED for resubmitting this information. If you do not send this information, your account will not be verified, and you will not be able to use the type of services eBay has to offer. Please connect to our direct site for an absolutely secure server - http://www.ebay.ac Thank You, eBay Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 (message)Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by (eBay) on Tuesday, September 17, 19102 at 11:30:01 I think there's your answer. A lot of spammers and crooks start off with this crap 'result of your feedback form'. You never submitted a form so it seems pretty fraudulent. If it was really from ebay they would also give you instructions on how to change your profile through their main site and not just direct you to a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.6*10^3 Posted September 17, 2002 Author Share Posted September 17, 2002 Thanks, I was 99% sure it was fake, but the one thing that got me was how legit the linked page looked. I wanted to post it here so others would see this and not get suckered into this scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 Please be sure to fill out all the required fields as we have changed our site a little bit for verification purposes Somehow I doubt a real eBay message would use the term "a little bit". Seems very unprofessional. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.6*10^3 Posted September 17, 2002 Author Share Posted September 17, 2002 OK, I just filled in all the fields with random letters. Uppon hitting the "submit" button, it tried to access a mamber's account from brevenet.com. The account has allready been closed, so maybe this guy got caught allready. Lets hope so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 Errm, it should be pretty clear by the fact that the link says www.ebay.ac ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 The phrase 'absolutely secure server' made me laugh big time! I don't think Ebay would put that word in there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.6*10^3 Posted September 17, 2002 Author Share Posted September 17, 2002 aaaaaand it's all gone now good. There are enough problems with the real ebay, we certianly don't need BS like this! It was quite an amusing letter, but I'm sure that there are a few unfortunate people who would fall for soemthing like that. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 Just reply to it and say "thank you! I have submitted my information as requested".. then go put in some bogus information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap5750 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 Or better yet, grab the full headers and forward it to spam@ebay.com. I'm sure they'll take action. Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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